00:01Today we saw Labor introduce the long-awaited gambling ad reforms to the House of Representatives
00:08and under this legislation some of the changes include gambling ads being restricted on daytime
00:15and early evening television during school pick-up and drop-off hours and also the banning
00:21of advertisements in stadiums and on player jerseys and this morning we also saw communications
00:27minister Annika Wells confirmed that the legislation would prevent former athletes and other prominent
00:32figures from promoting gambling on podcasting and also social media. Now despite these changes
00:40both the Greens, the crossbench and also members of the coalition have argued that these reforms
00:47don't go far enough so overnight we saw the the coalition and the Greens vote to refer this
00:55proposal to a Senate inquiry which is due to report back in August. During question time today the
01:02Prime Minister said that his government had done more than any before to tackle gambling harm and he
01:09said that as as the plan stands it will make an enormous difference but Reverend Tim Costello who
01:16is of course a spokesperson for the Alliance for Gambling Reform doesn't agree and he's welcomed
01:21the Senate inquiry. Take a listen. It does give me hope and I am very glad that the Liberal Party
01:28has
01:29not waved it through because it fails the very test the Prime Minister himself said when he addressed
01:36the National Press Gallery the day before Good Friday, namely delinking sport and gambling. That's the
01:43right test this bill doesn't do it and protecting children that's the right test this bill doesn't
01:50do it. And Lexi on another issue what's happening with Labor's plan to strengthen that social media
01:56ban for under-16s? Yeah very much another big story here at Parliament House today Joe. Labor announced
02:02over the weekend that it would move to strengthen that social media ban for under-16s as you said and
02:08this
02:09week we've seen legislation to do just that so double the maximum penalties for tech companies
02:15who breached the ban and also give the e-safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant further powers. We
02:21saw that legislation introduced this week so while it passed through the House of Representatives it's
02:28in the Senate where it has faced a roadblock essentially the coalition yesterday night teamed up with the
02:34Greens to send this particular bill to an eight-week inquiry. Communications Minister Annika Wells did not
02:43hold back. She's very frustrated at this particular move. Emphasised that during media appearances this
02:51morning and also during question time today. Here's Communications Minister Annika Wells.
02:56Last night the coalition sold out Australian kids to some of the richest most powerful companies in the world.
03:04Giving them at least two more months to sharpen their legal strategy to get rid of documents and to
03:11continue to do the bare minimum to follow Australian law. Communications Minister Annika Wells there and
03:19just a short time ago Deputy Opposition Leader Jane Hume defended the opposition's decision. She says that the
03:25proposed laws are undercooked and that the opposition remains committed to the ban. Take a listen.
03:32Why shouldn't we have a look at whether they're appropriate tools to introduce them to Australia?
03:36Why hasn't the Minister spoken about these tools? That's what an inquiry will do. I don't think that
03:42this is anything to do with being abstractive or teaming up with anybody. It's just what a good and
03:47quality opposition would do. Deputy Opposition Leader Jane Hume there. And Jo, Parliament has or will
03:56today rise for the mid-winter break but of course the work in politics doesn't stop and neither does
04:01the debate. So we'll probably see many more twists and turns in the weeks to come.
04:06you
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